Modern man in search of a soul

C. Carl Gustav Jung

Psychology Press, 2001 - Psychoanalysis - 250 pages

Modern Man in Search of a Soul is the perfect introduction to the theories and concepts of one of the most original and influential religious thinkers of the twentieth century. Lively and insightful, it covers all of his most significant themes, including man's need for a God and the mechanics of dream analysis. One of his most famous books, it perfectly captures the feelings of confusion that many sense today. Generation X might be a recent concept, but Jung spotted its forerunner over half a century ago. For anyone seeking meaning in today's world, Modern Man in Search of a Soul is a must.

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User Review  - Mohamed - Goodreads

The book is a collection of 11 essays that were originally given as lectures (except one that was published as an essay directly). It deals with more than one aspect of Jung's take on psychology, his ...

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User Review  - Qing Wang - Goodreads

"the least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it" A book worth reading if not only for it's being a courageous adventure on the road further down

Contents

• DreamAnalysis in its Practical Application: 1
• Problems of Modern Psychotherapy: 28
• The Aims of Psychotherapy: 56
• A Psychological Theory of Types: 76
• The Stages of Life: 97
• Freud and JungContrasts: 117
• Archaic Man: 127
• Psychology and Literature: 155
• The Basic Postulates of Analytical Psychology: 177
• The Spiritual Problem of Modern Man: 200
• Psychotherapists or the Clergy: 226

About the author

Carl Jung was born in Switzerland on July 26, 1875. He originally set out to study archaeology, but switched to medicine and began practicing psychiatry in Basel after receiving his degree from the University of Basel in 1902. He became one of the most famous of modern psychologists and psychiatrists. Jung first met Sigmund Freud in 1907 when he became his foremost associate and disciple. The break came with the publication of Jung's Psychology of the Unconscious (1912), which did not follow Freud's theories of the libido and the unconscious. Jung eventually rejected Freud's system of psychoanalysis for his own "analytic psychology." This emphasizes present conflicts rather than those from childhood; it also takes into account the conflict arising from what Jung called the "collective unconscious"---evolutionary and cultural factors determining individual development. Jung invented the association word test and contributed the word complex to psychology, and first described the "introvert" and "extrovert" types. His interest in the human psyche, past and present, led him to study mythology, alchemy, oriental religions and philosophies, and traditional peoples. Later he became interested in parapsychology and the occult. He thought that unidentified flying objects (UFOs) might be a psychological projection of modern people's anxieties. He wrote several books including Studies in Word Association, Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies, and Psychology and Alchemy. He died on June 6, 1961 after a short illness.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Modern man in search of a soul; Routledge Classics Series
• Author: C. Carl Gustav Jung
• Translated by: W. S. Dell, Cary F. Baynes
• Edition: 2, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 2001
• ISBN: 041525390X, 9780415253901
• Length: 250 pages